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Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico

that the Lunts usually had more than anyone else in town. They always had a garden because they had a stream of water to use for inigation running through their property. There was very little water i Pacheco during the dry months, but the Lunts still seemed to raise n enough produce to take care of their own needs and still have some lee over to se11 or give to the poor. Broughton wrote: W'hile in Corrales a poor man eom Oklahoma came to work on the s a d . His wife died and a log fe11 on his leg and it had to be taken o E He was very poor so mother [Sarah] took two of his girls to help him out, thinking they would be a help to her-one was 11 and the other 13. They proved to be very spoiled and were a great tnai to her but she put up with them until they married at a very young age. Another neighbor died leaving two large families who were having a hard time, and mother took two of their girls who proved to be a great help to her. They were Anena Martha and May Jensen. Both married well and reared large families. n One morning i August 1903, a poor Mexican boy by the narne of Francisco Guciago was found near our place crying, holding a smail pony. The day before, in trying to cross the San Miguel River, he lost his saddle and what few belongings he had. He was sent to us for work. We hired him and he proved to be a very good boy [they named him Frank Lunt]. He wanted to join the church and make his home with us and was treated as one of the family. He seemed to think as much of Mother as her own boys and she treated him as her own child. He remained with us until we came to El Paso where he got manied and stayed. He became an excellent mechanic and worked for the Southwestem Railroad. According to Heaton, the Mexican boy was fifteen years old, the

that the Lunts usually had more than anyone else in town. They always had a garden because they had a stream of water to use for inigation running through their property. There was very little water i Pacheco during the dry months, but the Lunts still seemed to raise n enough produce to take care of their own needs and still have some lee over to se11 or give to the poor. Broughton wrote: W'hile in Corrales a poor man eom Oklahoma came to work on the s a d . His wife died and a log fe11 on his leg and it had to be taken o E He was very poor so mother [Sarah] took two of his girls to help him out, thinking they would be a help to her-one was 11 and the other 13. They proved to be very spoiled and were a great tnai to her but she put up with them until they married at a very young age. Another neighbor died leaving two large families who were having a hard time, and mother took two of their girls who proved to be a great help to her. They were Anena Martha and May Jensen. Both married well and reared large families. n One morning i August 1903, a poor Mexican boy by the narne of Francisco Guciago was found near our place crying, holding a smail pony. The day before, in trying to cross the San Miguel River, he lost his saddle and what few belongings he had. He was sent to us for work. We hired him and he proved to be a very good boy [they named him Frank Lunt]. He wanted to join the church and make his home with us and was treated as one of the family. He seemed to think as much of Mother as her own boys and she treated him as her own child. He remained with us until we came to El Paso where he got manied and stayed. He became an excellent mechanic and worked for the Southwestem Railroad. According to Heaton, the Mexican boy was fifteen years old, the